Death threats have become a standard aspect of the work life of election supervisors and school board members. ![]() I hope everybody in your family dies.” And it’s not just politicians but anyone involved in the running of the electoral system. Fred Upton, Republican representative from Michigan, recently shared a message he had received: “I hope you die. The Capitol police have seen threats against members of Congress increase by 107%. January 6 wasn’t a wake-up call it was a rallying cry. The consequences of the breakdown of the American system is only now beginning to be felt. Right now, doctrines of a radical, unachievable, messianic freedom spread across the internet, on talk radio, on cable television, in the malls. Right now, militias train and arm themselves in preparation for the fall of the Republic. Right now, elected sheriffs openly promote resistance to federal authority. ![]() Trust in government at all levels is in freefall, or, like Congress, with approval ratings hovering around 20%, cannot fall any lower. The legal system grows less legitimate by the day. The American political system has become so overwhelmed by anger that even the most basic tasks of government are increasingly impossible. The political problems are both structural and immediate, the crisis both longstanding and accelerating. The United States today is, once again, headed for civil war, and, once again, it cannot bear to face it.
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